26 Things About the Number 26--Part 1

Colleen at The Thursday 13 holds a weekly blogging prompt where bloggers make a list of 13 things on Thursdays. The topic is for you to choose. The blog host doesn't have any official graphics to display on the Thursday 13 posts, so I decided to whip one up myself. 🙂  

As we enter 2026, I chose to post 26 things about the number 26. Since 13 is half of 26, this will be a two-parter (more next week). For this week:

1. It takes 26 moves or less to solve a Rubik’s Cube.
2. In a human foot, there are 26 bones.
3. 26 is the atomic number of iron.
4. Michigan was the 26th state to be admitted into the US.
5. There are 26 letters in the alphabet.
6. A full marathon race is about 26.2 miles long (or 42.195 kilometers).
7. A shape with 26 faces is called an icositetrahedron.
8. There are 26 red cards and 26 black cards in a deck of cards.
9. Walt Disney has won the most Oscars ever, this stands at 26.
10. Quincy Jones won 26 Grammys.
11. Astroid number 26 was discovered in 1853.
12. The 26th president of the US was Theodore Roosevelt.
13. 26 is known as the “joke throw” in darts and is reached by throwing 20, 5 & 1 after trying for a treble 20.

Tune in next week for Part 2. 

PS--I posted this tonight, even though I meant to schedule-post it for tomorrow.